But now the 6ft 5in star is best known for his role on British screens, starring in the BBC’s rebooted 90s classic Gladiators, taking up the alter-ego of Apollo. He said: “What I kind of found I had to do a little bit, was I kind of reverted to type at the very start. I was just a little bit better today.’“And I was thinking ‘I wasn’t just a little bit better, I just absolutely smashed this guy!’ I’m on national TV on Saturday nights. He joked with a grin: “You kind of cut across all demographics a little bit with Gladiators. Look, I can’t lie and say, for whatever reason, there hasn’t been an uptick in the mums loving a little bit of Apollo.

Source: BBC February 06, 2026 19:50 UTC